April 20, 2006 9:00 PM PDT

IBM to launch consolidation tool, rebrand servers

IBM plans to announce software on Friday called the Consolidation Discovery and Analysis Tool. CDAT is designed to let customers find jobs running on multiple servers, and then move them to a single machine sliced into several virtual partitions. Virtualization software such as VMware or Xen enables customers run multiple operating systems simultaneously in partitions called virtual machines. Big Blue said customers fire up an average of 1,000 virtual machines on x86 servers each day, and added that half of its x86 server customers plan to use virtualization by the end of 2006.

In addition, IBM has rebranded its xSeries line of Intel-based servers with the "System x" label. Through that, the high-end x460 becomes the System x3950, the mid-range x366 becomes the System x3850 and the lower-end x260 becomes the System x3800.

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RE-Branding - But no new innovation
Who cares?

Why does IBM insist in reinventing it's tired old NetFinity, xSeries er' excuse me the new and improved Series x, whatever line? The dog does not hunt. The technology and administrative infrastructure software tools are hoplessly inept and IBM can not seem to lead in innovating, just following.

Where is the leadership? Where is the vision? Where it the innovation?

Certainly these terms are lost on Sam Palmisano and crew.

Tired old IBM, still lumbering to market with a "me too" agenda.

AJR
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And who is leading .... in your opinion ?
Who has the vision ? Who is innovating ?

Just curious...

Massimo.
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